India is a $3.5 trillion-economy today and will become at least $35 trillion- economy by 2047 and “imagine what opportunities it will open up for all the people of India,” he said.
According to him, by 2030, “we will see $2 trillion of exports from India, imagine the opportunities that it will open up”.
At the Times Network India Economic Conclave here, the minister also said the country’s economy is growing at a faster pace and it is clearly reflected from the 7.2 per cent GDP growth in 2022-23.
“India is in the mode of stability with a proactive government strengthening every element of the economy in a manner which will hold us in good stead in our pursuit to make India a developed nation by 2047,” he said, adding that “this is the work in progress”.
India’s exports contracted by 12.7 per cent, third month in a row, to $34.66 billion in April due to the global demand slowdown even as the trade deficit reduced to a 20-month low of $15.24 billion, according to the government data.
